Day 15 - Munich

Today was our last big day in Munich so we were going to hit the tents at Oktoberfest again. We got up had our familiar bread and cheese continental breakfast and got into our tracht. We hopped on the U-Bahn and headed for Oktoberfest. Once we got there we walked up the main strip looking for the right tent. Some were already getting a little full and rowdy by 10:00. We walked almost the entire strip and then decided to sit at the Paulaner tent. We found a table in a corner with seats that had back rests (actually railings to keep people in the isle from falling into your table later on in the evening). The waiter came by and dropped off some menus in English which was good cause Jacob was able to find blut pudding, or blood sausage which he had hopped to try during the trip. We were informed by our waiter that the hot kitchen was closed for the next half hour but he would put our order in and grab us some beer. So we sat and drank and then got our food. Jessica got half a chicken but both of us really liked the blut pudding, perfect breakfast food, almost a little like corned beef hash but only cause it had some much salt.

We finished and were later joined by two female Australians who were halfway through their 3 months of backpacking through Europe. They were quiet at first, certainly cause they thought we were German with our clothes. We talked about the dust storms and water shortage in Australia as well as all the beautiful places they had been. They were shortly swarmed by 3 of the ugliest guys at Oktoberfest (one baring a striking resemblance to the sloth from Ice Age as Jacob noted due to the in flight movie on our way back home) who sat down next to them and occasionally tried to convey messages through Jacob to them since he was the only one able to make eye contact with them since everyone else had their backs turned. They had really cool pick up lines to filter through Jacob like "I like Dock Martins." Shortly after the girls left as did the guys. We were then joined by a group of younger Germans. Not much was said until Jacob broke the ice with a question and for the rest of the night we had very interesting and political discussions with Nicholas and Sebastian. We discussed the German school system, the election in Germany that was on the past Tuesday, lederhosen and language. Then around 5 the music started and shortly after everyone was dancing on the table, and by everyone I mean all 10,000 people in the tent. The band was amazing. There was lots of singing, dancing, swaying, toasting and spilled and stolen beer. It was a great night.